Cuff-holder.



Patented July 3, 1900. E. N. LA V- EINE.

CUFF HOLDER (Applicladzicm filed Feb. 17, 1899.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,787, dated July 3, 1900. Application filed February 17, 1899. Serial 110.705,?125. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. LA VEINE, of Kansas City, Jackson county, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gun-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to cud-holders; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan View. Fig. 2 is a side View. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail View of a portion of the clamping-jaw. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a cuff, showing my invention applied to the same.

My invention is especially applicable to be used on a cuff, as illustrated in Fig. 6that is, a cuff wherein a link cuff-button is used.

The main object of my invention is to have a holder provided with a shank, so as to hold the rear edges of the cuff in a uniform position, as are the front edges of the cuff held by the link cuff-button.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the lower member of the cuff-holder, which lower member is provided with a clamping portion 2 and a shank portion 3. The clamping portion 2 is provided in its front end with a tapering openingt for the purpose hereinafter described. The shank portion 3 is provided with rearwardly and downwardly projecting ears 5, which are set at an angle relative to each other, as fully illustrated in Fig. 3. On said ears 5 are located buttons 6, of the ordinary construction, which buttons are adapted to be inserted in the buttonholes of the end, as shown in Fig. 6. The lower member 1 is also provided with ears 7. 8 indicates the top memberof thecufi-holder, the front portion of which is provided with a pro jecting lug 9, which lug 9 is provided with lateral projections 10, which are rounded off, as fully shown in Fig. 5. The function of this lug and projections will be more fully hereinafter described. The member 8 is also provided with cars 11, which ears are pivoted to the ears 7 of the lower member 1 by means of rivets 12. interposed between the members 8 and 1 is a spring 13, the spiral portion of which is passed around the rivet 12, and the function of which spring is to hold the projection 9 in the aperture 4, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

I will now proceed to describe the manner in which my cuff-holder is applied in actual use. The buttons 6 are inserted in the but tonholes 14 of the cuff, and the inside edges of the cuff rest on the downwardlyand rearwardly projecting ears, as illustrated in Fig. 6. In other words, these ears act as a seat or rest for the rear. edges of the cuff and hold the rear edges of the cuff at the same angle relative to each other as the front edges are held by the cuff-button, thus producing a uniform and neat appearance when in use. When the cuff-holder has been applied as above described, the cuff is inserted over the hand of the wearer. It is then secured to the shirt, which is done by placing a portion of the shirt between the aperture 4. and the projection 9 and applying pressure to said projection, which pressure inserts said portion of the shirt through the aperture 4, as illustrated in Fig. 5, and when said portion of the shirt has been thus inserted the tension of the spring 13 and the friction of the shirt will hold the cuff to the shirt, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

The essential feature of my invention is providing the shank portion 3 of the member 1 with the rearwardly and downwardly projecting ears for the purpose above de'-- scribed.

It will be noticed that I have heretofore de scribed the shank portion of the cuff-holder provided with two downwardly and rear= wardly projecting ears, each provided with a button adapted to be inserted into the buttonholes of the cuff. Ialso wish to state that I may use astraight shank portion provided with one button, as illustrated in dotted'lines in Fig. 1. This construction is preferably used for an ordinary cuff with an ordinary cuffj-button as distinguished from the link cuff-button.

I claim- 1. As an article of manufacture, the herein-described cuff-holder, consisting of a lower member provided with a shank portion pro- Vided with downwardly and rearwardly projecting ears having buttons thereon, a clamping portion provided with an aperture, and a member provided with a projection, which member is pivoted to the lower member, substantially as specified.

2. As an article of manufacture, the herein-described cuif holder, oomprisin a lower member having a shank portion provided with rearwardly and downwardly projecting ears 10 having buttons mounted thereon, a clamping portion provided with a tapering opening,

the top member pivoted to said lower member which top member is provided with a projection, said projection being provided with lateral projections, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD N. LA VEINE.

Witnesses:

Ross T. THOMAS, MARION BIGLEY. 

